bulb

bulb has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
• n.. A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
• n.. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
• v. i.. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
• n.. a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe"
• n.. electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
• n.. a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
• n.. lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"
• n.. a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
• n.. anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop